I love you wolf

I have zoomed into the sketch and produced this very graphic romantic wolf. But I am missing the interaction between him and the girl. This illustration like most of my work is A1.

Scraps of Valentine wishes

Thinking of Valentines Day in many ways but illustratively in terms of Little Red Riding Hood, so scraps of paper are littering the kitchen table, my desk etc I will share some of the results this week on the run up to Saturday.

Takao Nakagawa

                      Fig 1 (above) Red Riding Hood by Takao Nakagawa 

Looking like strange guests arriving for dinner, Takao Nakagawa has illustrated a very skinny and hungry wolf and a demure Little Red Riding Hood. To me as the viewer I feel like I am the granny peeping through the window, wondering whether or not I am going to let them in . . .

References

Fig 1:  Red Riding Hood by Takao Nakagawa https://www.behance.net/gallery/19596501/Takao-Nakagawa-solo-exhibition-TOBIRA

林 小寶

 Fig 1 (above) Little Red by 林 小寶

Chinese illustrator and graphic designer 林 小寶 composes and collages wonderful biological illustrations into her work which has lovely layers of barely concealed images, building up interest and meaning.

References

 Fig 1: Little Red by 林 小寶 https://www.flickr.com/people/bao7316/

Top to toe

                              Fig 1 (above) Fig 2 (Below) Top to Toe by Hazel Terry

Top to Toe, is a depiction of Little red and the wolf sharing a bed, sleeping 'top to toe' and both reading but slightly different versions of the story.
This is my first drawing/poster /cover towards a variable story, depending on the path chosen or maybe the reader.
In doing a top to toe illustration I wanted to also refer to those amazing two in one dolls where one side is the grandmother/ Little Red Riding Hood, but under her skirt is the wolf, like the vintage doll below.

                                      Fig 3 (above) Vintage two in one Red Riding Hood Doll 
                                                   Fig 4 (below) Butterick pattern for reversible doll

References

Fig1,2 Top to Toe by Hazel Terry
Fig 3 Vintage Doll http://www.ginger-n-pickles.com/products/other-dolls
Fig 4 Butterick pattern for reversible doll http://www.amazon.com/Butterick-4150-Reversible-Topsy-Turvy-Pattern/dp/B00AF49N1I

Dinara Mirtalipova

Dinara Mirtalipova often incorporates Little Red Riding Hood imagery into her work. Dinara works as an illustrator and surface designer who works in delicate line and print.

"I find my inspiration in folklore, old songs my mom used to sing to me, fairy tales from when I was little, a wall rug hung above my grandma's bed, cultures, storytelling, textiles and fabrics. I feel like I'm forever swallowed in the world of folk tales and ethnic music. " 

References:

Fig 1,2,3 Illustrations by Dinara Mirtalipova's portfolio http://www.mirdinara.com/

https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/MirDinara

Anne-Charlotte de Laverg

   Fig 1,2,3, (above) pages from Le Petit Chaperon Rouge by Anne-Charlotte de Laverg.

A fantastic mixed media interpretation of the story today by Anne-Charlotte de Laverg. With buttons,zips and scraps of fabric Anne-Charlotte has created a very fun version, with little red finally lassoing the wolfs teeth away so his appetite is quashed.
Anne-Charlotte is a Parisian who now divides her time between France and Mexico working as an illustrator and art director.

References

Fig 1,2,3, Anne-Charlotte de Laverg https://www.behance.net/gallery/6563851/Le-Petit-Chaperon-Rouge

http://ancharlotte.com/
https://www.behance.net/ancharlotte

Stella Koh

   Fig 1,2,3 (above) Stella Koh Little Red Riding Hood.

"A personal series for the grimm brothers' little red riding hood; a story still fun to make pictures for, despite having been done a thousand times over." Stella Koh 

I like the way that Stella Koh has rendered and created the depth and feeling of snow in these digital illustrations and the wonderful scale of the wolf.

References 

Fig 1,2,3 Stella Koh Little Red Riding Hood. https://www.behance.net/gallery/17703417/Grimms-Red-Riding-Hood

https://www.behance.net/gallery/17703417/Grimms-Red-Riding-Hood

Dabré Idriss

                                        Fig 1(above) Dabré Idriss, Poster of Childhood, Day and Night.

Dabré Idriss is an illustrator based in Paris, this is his poster about childhood fear which he has created as an allegory of old engravings of Little Red Riding Hood.

References

Fig 1 Dabré Idriss Poster of Childhood, Day and Night. https://www.behance.net/gallery/11960155/Day-Night
http://www.idrissdabre.be/

Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi

Fig 1 (above) Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi 

This illustration by Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi combines the symbolism and imagery of traditional European costume mixed with Japanese visualisation and landscapes.

References

Fig 1: Tetsuhiro Wakabayashi. Red Riding Hood, http://www.isoparm.biz/